Microsoft has issued a pre-patch security advisory to warn about "active, targeted attacks" against an ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access.

Microsoft has posted a security advisory that details "active, targeted attacks leveraging a potential vulnerability in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access." The ...

The vulnerability is within the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control, which launches a viewer for Microsoft Access reports that doesn’t require running the Access software itself.

The vulnerability is within the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control, which launches a viewer for Microsoft Access reports that doesn’t require running the Access software itself.

Microsoft said in a blog post, “The previous default setting, ‘Prompt me before enabling all controls with minimal restrictions,’ allowed you to enable potentially dangerous ActiveX controls ...

The vulnerability is within the Snapshot Viewer ActiveX control, which launches a viewer for Microsoft Access reports that doesn’t require running the Access software itself.

The good news for those who use the latest version of Microsoft Office is that Access 2007 is not affected: the vulnerability is only present in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewers for ...